Vairs Steel Parts produces parts for the automobile industry. The company has monthly fixed expenses of $500,000

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Vair’s Steel Parts produces parts for the automobile industry. The company has monthly fixed expenses of $500,000 and a contribution margin of 80% of revenues. 


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1. Compute Vair’s Steel Parts’ monthly break-even sales in dollars. Use the contribution margin ratio shortcut approach. 

2. Use the contribution margin ratio to project operating income (or loss) if revenues are $700,000 and if they are $1,000,000. 

3. Do the results in Requirement 2 make sense given the break-even sales you computed in Requirement 1? Explain.

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Managerial Accounting

ISBN: 9780135443446

4th Canadian Edition

Authors: Karen Braun, Wendy Tietz, Louis Beaubien

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